Wikileaks Aussie Gag Order Revelation Shows a Free Press Is Still an American Thing
Our government officials may be control-freaks, but they can only dream of the powers deployed by their counterparts in many other established "free countries."
Civil Liberties
Rand Paul Tries to Limit the State's License to Steal
The Kentucky senator's forfeiture reform bill would curtail legal theft.
Wikileaks: Australia Censorship Order Blocked Reporting on Multinational Corruption Scandal
Also involving Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam
No Justice at Harvard: Accused Students Don't Get Attorneys, Cross-Examination
Alumni could be called to participate in due-process-free trials for years to come.
No Child Left Outside: Another Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Play in Park
"My own bondsman said my parents would have been in jail every day."
A Lethal Injection of Reality
Medicalizing executions helps maintain support for the death penalty.
Spying on Everybody Threatens a Free Press Says Groups, Common Sense
Human Rights Watch and ACLU put out joint report
Kids or Criminals? Preschool Suspended a 3-Year-Old… Five Times
If there's any good news on this front, it's that the absurdity of many of these stories has prompted something of a backlash.
Hanging Delayed is Hanging Denied: Abolish the Dysfunctional Death Penalty
Long delays and legal maladministration are further reason to dump capital punishment.
Canada Gets SWAT-Mania: Troubled Man Removed From Plane by Tactical Team (and Fighter Jets)
"A little bit out of hand," says security expert.
How to Get Charged With Murder Without Harming Anyone
An old man shoots a female robber in the back. Her accomplice gets arrested for murder. What?
Move Over, Oswald: Salon Says Tea Party Types Killed Kennedy
Wasn't Kennedy murdered by a self-described Marxist?
Impact of Colorado's Gun Background Check Law Was 'Vastly Overstated'
Even Democrats are questioning whether the Legislature misallocated millions of taxpayer dollars based on the flawed estimate.
Dad Left Kids in Car At Police Station Parking Lot. Now He's Got New Charges.
The precinct parking lot is not exactly a high-crime area.
Botched Execution Fuels Death Penalty Opposition
Government can't even kill people right.
Why Capitalism is Better than Socialism
Even under ideal conditions, socialism would still suck, says Georgetown's Jason Brennan.
